Comments on: What a Wonka http://www.israellycool.com/2006/01/22/what-a-wonka/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Fri, 25 May 2012 01:22:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymoushttp://www.israellycool.com/2006/01/22/what-a-wonka/comment-page-1/#comment-5192 Anonymous Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:16:51 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/01/22/what-a-wonka/#comment-5192 The entire Katrina disaster would have been avoided if the New Orleans government had bothered to demand the levees get shored up when they had the chance. Instead, both they and their senators asked for the equivalent amount of money be sent to brib-, er, I mean "earmarks" for various useless projects.If in a democracy you get the government you deserve, then it looks like New Orleans brought this disaster on themselves, all bitching, whining and passing the buck aside.-ron The entire Katrina disaster would have been avoided if the New Orleans government had bothered to demand the levees get shored up when they had the chance. Instead, both they and their senators asked for the equivalent amount of money be sent to brib-, er, I mean “earmarks” for various useless projects.

If in a democracy you get the government you deserve, then it looks like New Orleans brought this disaster on themselves, all bitching, whining and passing the buck aside.

-ron

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